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Author’s Note p. 1
CHAPTER ONE
“A great, bad man” p. 5
CHAPTER TWO
“This is treason” p. 16
CHAPTER THREE
“He was surrounded by enemies” p. 27
CHAPTER FOUR
“He will let them know who is boss around here” p. 36
CHAPTER FIVE
“The center cannot hold” p. 43
CHAPTER SIX
“Madman” p. 58
CHAPTER SEVEN
“Don’t strike a king unless you intend to kill him” p. 73
CHAPTER EIGHT
“A pitiful, helpless giant” p. 79
CHAPTER NINE
“An unmitigated disaster” p. 88
CHAPTER TEN
“Only we have the power” p. 102
CHAPTER ELEVEN
“We’re not going to lose this war" p. 113
CHAPTER TWELVE
“It’s a conspiracy” p. 124
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“I can see the whole thing unravel” p. 134
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
“It is illegal, but….” p. 142
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
“Night and Fog” p. 153
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
“From one extreme to another” p. 163
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
“This is the supreme test” p. 172
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
“Palace Intrigue” p. 187
CHAPTER NINETEEN
“We have produced a horrible p. 201
tragedy”
CHAPTER TWENTY
“A hell of a way to end the goddam war" p. 218
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
"You could get a million dollars" p. 229
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
"Vietnam had found its successor" p. 246
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
"The President of the United States can never admit that" p. 263
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
"The same enemies" p. 280
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
United States vs Richard Milhous Nixon p. 295
Epilogue p. 315
Judgments p. 319
Acknowledgments p. 321
Notes p. 325
Index 357
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Week One - October 19th - October 25th -> Author's Note and Chapters ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR p. 1 - 42
Author's Note, ONE - “A great, bad man”, TWO - “This is treason”, THREE - “He was surrounded by enemies”, and FOUR - “He will let them know who is boss around here”
Week Two - October 26th - November 1st -> Chapters FIVE, SIX, SEVEN p. 43 - 78
FIVE - “The center cannot hold”, SIX - “Madman”, SEVEN - “Don’t strike a king unless you intend to kill him”
Week Three - November 2nd - November 8th -> Chapters EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN p. 79 - 123
EIGHT - “A pitiful, helpless giant”, NINE - “An unmitigated disaster”, TEN - “Only we have the power”, ELEVEN - “We’re not going to lose this war"
Week Four - November 9th - November 15th -> Chapters TWELVE, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN p. 124 - 162
TWELVE - “It’s a conspiracy”, THIRTEEN - “I can see the whole thing unravel”, FOURTEEN - “It is illegal, but….”, FIFTEEN - “Night and Fog”
Week Five - November 16th - November 22nd -> Chapters SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN p. 163 - 200
SIXTEEN - “From one extreme to another”, SEVENTEEN - “This is the supreme test”, EIGHTEEN - “Palace Intrigue”
Week Six - November 23rd - November 29th -> Chapters NINETEEN, TWENTY, TWENTY-ONE p. 201 - 245
NINETEEN - “We have produced a horrible tragedy”, TWENTY - “A hell of a way to end the goddam war", TWENTY-ONE - "You could get a million dollars"
Week Seven - November 30th - December 6th -> Chapters TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-THREE p. 246 - 279
TWENTY-TWO - "Vietnam had found its successor", TWENTY-THREE - "The President of the United States can never admit that"
Week Eight - December 7th - December 13th-> Chapters TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FIVE, Epilogue, Judgments, Acknowledgments p. 280 - 324
TWENTY-FOUR -"The same enemies", TWENTY-FIVE - United States vs Richard Milhous Nixon, Epilogue, Judgments, Acknowledgments - Notes will be done along with each chapter above
Week Nine - December 14th - December 20th -> Book as a Whole and Final Thoughts
Looking forward to the discussions and insight from the author and fellow readers
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